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Cartoon Network Latin America More Episodes Of Oswaldo Coming In 2019

The animation studio behind Cartoon Network Latin America’s Oswaldo – Birdo has partnered up with Symbiosys Entertainment in India to co-produce 39 new episodes of Oswaldo, the new episodes have already been pre-sold to Cartoon Network Latin America. The new episodes are expected to be ready for broadcast by April 2019. Oswaldo premiered on Cartoon Network Brazil on 11th October 2017. According to statistics from Brazilian television ratings organisation Ibope, the show became one of Cartoon Network Brazil’s top-five most-watched shows in 2017 for children aged between 4 to 11. The show also airs on free-to-air channel – TV Cultura in Brazil.

The partnership between Birdo and Symbiosys marks the first ever Brazilian/Indian cartoon co-production, production is already underway, with Birdo handling pre and post-production and Symbiosys handling animation. The show’s creator – Pedro Eboli will also be the head writer for the new episodes. The deal was organised by Brenda Wooding, the owner of Los Angeles-based Kid Glove, the show’s international distributor.

Oswaldo, the show’s titular character, is a 12 year old penguin who lives as a human boy, he was discovered by his adoptive parents on a beach in Rio de Janeiro when he was a baby, thousands of miles away from his real home in Antarctica. When Oswaldo started going to school, Oswaldo quickly learns more about the outside world and has lots of fun with his new friends in the boiling heat of Rio.

Oswaldo Now Available For International Distribution In English

Washington D.C. based children’s content producer and distributor – Kid Glove has acquired the international distribution rights to Birdo Studio’s/Cartoon Network Brazil’s Oswaldo animated series created by Pedro Eboli. According to the Kid Glove website, an English language dub is also now available, along with the existing Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubbing. Oswaldo will premiere on Cartoon Network Brazil on Wednesday 11th October at 8.15pm, it’s not known when the show will premiere on Cartoon Network in the rest of Latin America.

Description about Oswaldo on the Kid Glove website:

Oswaldo was found at the beach when he was a tiny little face-melting adorable baby penguin. Adapted and raised by human parents, now he must face his biggest challenge—surviving school. Which is way harder then it sounds, especially when you are an excitable, flat-out weird little guy whose brain is infused with unless pop-culture. And sometimes the simplest problems have the most bizarre outcomes. So it’s no wonder Oswaldo is not exactly the most popular kid around. Thankfully, this weirdest of penguins can count on Tobias and Leia as the perfect side-kicks. They are the kind of friends who are there no matter what life throws at him – strict art teachers, rabid packs of babies, role-playing games gone awry, and even occasional rogue science fair projects. Which is pretty much what Oswaldo would call a normal day.